Health headlines: Adoption, school bullies and birth defects

by Childrens Hospital Boston staff on December 5, 2009

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Contrary to negative media stories about adoption, it turns out that most adopted children are healthy and happy. School bullies are also likely to bully their siblings. Baby boys are more likely to have a birth defect from a mother’s bug spray use and obese children may be at a higher risk for back pain.

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